Re: I Need To Vent!!

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Thank you for your help, Donna. It's possible, but I don't think so,

because they used an actual universally known procedure code, which is

#43644. I think they have that system so that all medical and

insurance personnel can be on the same page. Sure hope I can get this

straightened out today. Many thanks to all of you who let me get crazy

and vent. It's just so frustrating to be told to come to a screeching

halt before you're even out of the gate!!

--Cat

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> Cat, another suggestion as to why you are getting two differant

answers. When I started, I called and was told RNY was covered, then

my dr called and said it wasn't. After calling the Insurance, I found

out that the particular company covered regular RNY, but not

Laproscopic, and Lap is what my surgeon prefferred, so, being

Medicaid, and with incredible luck that it happened to be Open

enrollment, I was able to change my insurance to the one that covered

LAP. so, it may be that the particular way of doing the surg is not

covered, but another way might be. Just an idea that might help.

> Donna in VA

> LAP RNY 9-18-06

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> Mike, that's an excellent suggestion. If, by tomorrow, this isn't

> sorted out I will see if I can arrange something through Kinkos. I had

> thought that I should drive to the office, use their phones to get the

> right person on the line, then hand the phone over to the coordinator.

> But then, I thought, " Hey, this office is going to be making a young

> fortune off of me. This is THEIR job to sort out, not mine. Why should

> I have to do this for her? "

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> If worse comes to worst I will go with another surgeon, as this

> reflects very, very poorly on how the office is run. Like it or not,

> it's not just the surgeon I'll have to work with. If they care that

> little for helping the patient, it's probably not the right place for

> me to be.

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> --Cat

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> > Cat,

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> > I suggest you find some place, maybe a business like kinko's or a

> > friend's cell phone, where you can do a three way call and try that.

> > Who knows you might be able to even setup a conference time with both

> > an insurance rep and a medical rep. They probably won't want to do

> > the schedule exact but maybe they can give you a best time to try it.

> > I know this might cost some money but you have to big picture this

> > that your long term health is worth this and much more.

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> > Mike in GR

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